"hemorrhage in 1950. Sinatra also released the album ""The World We Knew"", which features a chart-topping duet of ""Somethin' Stupid"" with daughter Nancy. In December, Sinatra collaborated with Duke Ellington on the album ""Francis A. & Edward K."". According to Granata, the recording of ""Indian Summer"" on the album was a favorite of Riddle's, noting the ""contemplative mood [which] is heightened by a Johnny Hodges alto sax solo that will bring a tear to your eye"". With Sinatra in mind, singer-songwriter Paul Anka wrote the song ""My Way"", using the melody of the French ""Comme d'habitude"" (""As Usual""), composed by"
"recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as ""It's Really Love""). He wrote ""Teddy"" – a Top 20 hit for Connie Francis in 1960. Anka composed Tom Jones's biggest hit record, ""She's a Lady"", and wrote the English lyrics to ""My Way"", Frank Sinatra's signature song (originally the French song ""Comme d'habitude""). In the 1960s, Anka began acting in motion pictures as well as writing songs for them, most notably the theme for the hit film ""The Longest Day"" (which also was the official march of the Canadian Airborne Regiment), in which he made a cameo appearance as a US Army"
"My Way (Frank Sinatra album) My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969. The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's ""Mrs. Robinson"", and The Beatles' ""Yesterday"", French songs such as ""If You Go Away"", and the anthemic title song ""My Way"", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this stage of his career. On December 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, a few hours before going to celebrate the New Year 1969, at The Sands Casino from Las Vegas, ""My Way"" was recorded and mixed at EastWest Studios, then"
"also mused on Sinatra's performances of ""My Way"", and the new year. My Way (Frank Sinatra album) My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969. The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's ""Mrs. Robinson"", and The Beatles' ""Yesterday"", French songs such as ""If You Go Away"", and the anthemic title song ""My Way"", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this stage of his career. On December 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, a few hours before going to celebrate the New Year 1969, at The Sands Casino from"
"She's a Lady ""She's a Lady"" is a million-selling gold-certified hit song written by Paul Anka and was released on his album ""Paul Anka '70s"" (RCA 4309, 1970). The most successful recording was performed by Tom Jones, and released at the beginning of 1971. It is Jones' highest-charting single in the U.S. to date (and his final Billboard Top Ten hit). ""She's a Lady"" hit #1 in Cash Box magazine for a week and spending one week at #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, behind Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin. The song was also a #4 hit"
"L.A. Is My Lady L.A. Is My Lady is 59th and final solo studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last (excluding the ""Duets"" albums), he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released. The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio album Sinatra had recorded with Jones since 1964's ""It Might as Well Be"
"September 1971. It spent a further 49 weeks in the Top 75 but never bettered the No. 5 slot achieved upon its first chart run. Although this work became Frank Sinatra's signature song, his daughter Tina says the legendary singer came to hate the song. ""He didn't like it. That song stuck and he couldn't get it off his shoe. He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent."" In the midst of Sinatra's multiple runs on the UK Singles Chart, Welsh singer Dorothy Squires also released a rendition of ""My Way"" in Summer 1970. Her recording reached number 25"
"House. The fund-raiser was broadcast to movie theaters around the country and eventually released on Vhs. Later that year, Jones was the arranger/conductor when Sinatra and Basie appeared on ""The Hollywood Palace"" TV show on October 16, 1965. Nineteen years later, Sinatra and Jones teamed up for 1984's ""L.A. Is My Lady"". Jones said, Frank Sinatra took me to a whole new planet. I worked with him until he passed away in '98. He left me his ring. I never take it off. Now, when I go to Sicily, I don't need a passport. I just flash my ring. A"
"My Way"" by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. Rev. Gary Davis's recording can be heard on the compilation album """". The song has since been performed by a wide variety of artists ranging from Elizabeth Cook, Bob Dylan, Charlie Parr, Dave Van Ronk, Ike and Tina Turner, Clara Ward, Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes, to Peter, Paul and Mary, The Washington Squares, The Blasters, Willie Watson, and Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band (in Verona, Italy 2006). Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson's version appeared in the second season premiere episode (also titled ""Samson and Delilah"") of the Fox"
"She's Got a Way ""She's Got a Way"" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, originally released on his first solo album, ""Cold Spring Harbor"" (1971) and as a single from that album in some countries. It was also featured as a single from the 1981 live album ""Songs in the Attic"", peaking at number 23 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in early 1982. ""She's Got a Way"" is a love ballad. The lyrics to ""She's Got a Way"" have the singer describing how various characteristics of a particular woman, such as her laugh, make him love her,"
"on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 25 song for 1971. In Canada, the single reached #1 on the ""RPM 100"" national singles chart. The song was re-released in 2013 on Paul Anka's "" Duets"" CD with a new rendition featuring Paul Anka & Tom Jones. Anka rewrote the first verse of the song (recorded with Jones) for his 2013 ""Duets"" album, because he disliked its chauvinistic sentiments. The single's B-side track was ""My Way"" whose lyrics were also written by Paul Anka. The song has been covered multiple times: Film: Television: Other: She's"
"Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy (Barbato) Sinatra, and is widely known for her 1966 signature hit ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"". Other defining recordings include ""Sugar Town"", the 1967 number one ""Somethin' Stupid"" (a duet with her father), the title song from the James Bond film ""You Only Live Twice"", several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood such as ""Jackson"", and her cover of Cher's ""Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"". Nancy Sinatra began her career as a singer and"
"""well-suited"" to its ""pseudo-show tune stylings."" She's Got a Way ""She's Got a Way"" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, originally released on his first solo album, ""Cold Spring Harbor"" (1971) and as a single from that album in some countries. It was also featured as a single from the 1981 live album ""Songs in the Attic"", peaking at number 23 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in early 1982. ""She's Got a Way"" is a love ballad. The lyrics to ""She's Got a Way"" have the singer describing how various characteristics of a particular woman, such as"
"a single. The single reached #15 in sales and #2 in airplay in Billboard's charts. The track peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart. The song received the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mina performed ""Si, amor"", the Italian version of the song in ""Canzonissima"", a 1968 RAI musical variety series. Neil Sedaka also recorded ""Si Amore"" in the mid-1960s for his Italian fans. All the Way (Frank Sinatra song) ""All the Way"" is a 1950s pop song made famous by Frank Sinatra and covered since by many musicians. Frank Sinatra's version was published in 1957 by"
"She's Just My Style ""She’s Just My Style"" is a song written by Al Capps, Thomas Lesslie ""Snuff"" Garrett, Gary Lewis, and Leon Russell and was recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. The song reached #3 on The Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966. Gary Lewis confirms that ""She's Just My Style"" is the song of his that gets the most airplay today on radio. He told interviewer Ray Shasho in 2013 that he sought to emulate the style of The Beach Boys with the recording. ""That's exactly what we were going for too. Even before we started writing"
"frequently played at funeral services in the UK. ""My Way"" is also a popular karaoke song around the world. However, it has been reported to cause numerous incidents of violence and homicides among drunkards in bars in the Philippines, referred to in the media as the ""My Way killings"". My Way ""My Way"" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to the music of the French song ""Comme d'habitude"" co-composed and co-written (with Jacques Revaux), and performed in 1967 by Claude François. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the"
"music legend Paul Anka, who wrote ""My Way"" for Frank Sinatra and would later rewrite the song as ""Sal's Way"", using the same melody but with new lyrics. ""Anka sang Sal's Way at a premiere party for one of Romano's business ventures"". Romano was never referred to as ""the pizza guy"" by the mob or people in ""the street"". This unofficial nickname was coined in 2007 by American journalist and author Gerald ""Jerry"" Capeci, in an article that appeared in ""The New York Sun"", and based on court testimony. Years earlier, Romano had been on parole and Joey D'Angelo, a"
"She's My Kind of Rain ""She's My Kind of Rain"" is a song written by Tommy Lee James and Robin Lerner, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 2003 as the third single from his album ""Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors"". It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart, and at number 27 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. ""She's My Kind of Rain"" is a ballad in which the narrator describes his wife in an abstract fashion. The song earned a Broadcast Music Incorporated award"
"Sinatra, Sassy, Aretha, Ray Charles, Dinah. Each of them had that purity, that strong signature sound and that open wound that pushed them to greatness."" ""She's Out of My Life"" is a melodic pop ballad. The end of the former song showed an ""emotional"" Jackson crying as the track concluded. Of the song, rhythm and blues writer Nelson George proclaimed, ""[It] became a Jackson signature similar to the way ""My Way"" served Frank Sinatra. The vulnerability, verging on fragility that would become embedded in Michael's persona found, perhaps, its richest expression in this wistful ballad"". ""Rock with You"" is a"
"departure for Sinatra was the clear inclusion of synthesizers on the title track. L.A. Is My Lady L.A. Is My Lady is 59th and final solo studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last (excluding the ""Duets"" albums), he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released. The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio"
"South American Way ""South American Way"" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. This tune is commonly associated with both the Andrews Sisters and Carmen Miranda, who introduced the song in the 1939 stage musical ""Streets Of Paris"" (which starred Abbott & Costello). Carmen performed it on-screen a year later in her breakout role for U.S. audiences in the film ""Down Argentine Way"" (1940), causing it to become very popular in the United States. The song became very popular in the United States, and had cover versions by several international artists, and as"
"Claude François and Jacques Revaux. Sinatra recorded it just after Christmas 1968. ""My Way"", Sinatra's best-known song on the Reprise label, was not an instant success, charting at #27 in the US and #5 in the UK, but it remained in the UK charts for 122 weeks, including 75 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 40, between April 1969 and September 1971, which was still a record in 2015. Sinatra told songwriter Ervin Drake in the 1970s that he ""detested"" singing the song, because he believed audiences would think it was a ""self-aggrandizing tribute"", professing that he ""hated boastfulness in others""."
"guitar man of “Memphis” hit record fame), and other artists; ""Don't Change on Me"" co-written with Jimmy Holiday and recorded by Ray Charles, B.B. King, Van Morrison (recorded for Warner Bros. but available only on an Italian bootleg album), and by Alan Jackson; ""If You Wouldn't Be My Lady"", co-written with Jimmy Holiday and recorded by both Ray Charles and Charlie Rich; and ""It’s a Hang Up Baby"", recorded by both Jerry Lee Lewis and Z.Z. Hill. The song was also performed on November 6, 1969 by Tom Jones with musical backing by the Moody Blues on his national television"
"All the Way (Frank Sinatra song) ""All the Way"" is a 1950s pop song made famous by Frank Sinatra and covered since by many musicians. Frank Sinatra's version was published in 1957 by Maraville Music Corporation. The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced in the film ""The Joker Is Wild."" Sinatra also had the best-selling recorded version of the song. Aside from this song, he also sang ""Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)"" for the movie. It wound up as the flipside of ""All the Way"" when Capitol Records released the song as"
"was the B-side to the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song winner, ""All the Way"". On Ruby Braff's 1981 tribute album, ""Very Sinatra"" he does a medley called ""New York, New York/My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)"". On Barry Manilow's 1998 album ""Manilow Sings Sinatra"", he includes a 3:00 version of the song. Jack Jones, who won two Grammy Awards in the 1960s and charted dozens of songs including the theme from The Love Boat, recorded an album entitled ""My Kind of Town"" with a title track by the same name. Among the other artists who have recorded versions"
"of the song's recording, The Moody Blues can only perform the song live when they are backed by a live orchestra, since Ray Thomas cannot sing and play the flute at the same time. For My Lady ""For My Lady"" is a song by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, and was first released on the 1972 album ""Seventh Sojourn"". It was later released on the B-side of the single ""I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"" in 1973. ""For My Lady"" is one of Ray"
"them girl singers - I fall in love with their singing!"" For the most part, ""Ladies' Choice"" pairs the singer up with up and coming female vocalists, although the album is noteworthy for featuring Jones's only duet with fellow country icon Loretta Lynn. Ironically, the most famous song on the album was not a duet; the opening track, ""She's My Rock"", written by Gene Dobbins and sung by George as a tribute to his wife Nancy, rose to number 2 on the country singles chart. Nancy was the crucial influence in helping Jones turn his life around and stop drinking,"
"Marion James Marion Agness James (October 8, 1934 – December 31, 2015) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was considered Nashville's ""Queen of the Blues."" Her career spanned sixty years, where she wrote a hit song, ""That's My Man"". A flamboyant character, James was known to sign her name adding ""The Blues Queen"" and often wore a tiara at her live performances. James was born into a musical family in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother was the pianist at her local church, her sister sang with the Clara Ward Singers, and some of her cousins were professional musicians. James"
"Bon Jovi) and in 2013 (as a duet with Garou). A few hours before going to celebrate New Year's Eve at the Casino SANDS, Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song on December 30, 1968, which was released in early 1969 on the ‘’My Way’’ LP and as a single. It reached No. 27 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in the US. In the UK, the single achieved a still unmatched record, becoming the recording with the most weeks inside the Top 40, spending 75 weeks from April 1969 to"
"soundtrack peaked at number twenty-one on the US ""Billboard"" Dance/Electronic Albums. Frank Sinatra (Miss Kittin & The Hacker song) ""Frank Sinatra"" is a song by French recording duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker. It is the second single from their debut album as a duo ""First Album"" (2001). The song was originally included on the duo's 1998 EP ""Champagne"" and became an anthem of the electroclash scene. Miss Kittin included the song on her DJ mix album ""On the Road"". Miss Kittin explained in an interview that the song was inspired by her love of Frank Sinatra and jazz music."
"For My Lady ""For My Lady"" is a song by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, and was first released on the 1972 album ""Seventh Sojourn"". It was later released on the B-side of the single ""I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"" in 1973. ""For My Lady"" is one of Ray Thomas's better known songs for the Moody Blues, along with ""Legend of a Mind"", and ""Veteran Cosmic Rocker."" It prominently features Ray Thomas on the flute and lead vocals. Due to the complex nature"
"reached tenth place on the Top 40 and the number one spot on the Easy Listening chart. However it only reached the 86th position. It was also recorded that year by both Bobby Vinton, and Perry Como. Como's version was recorded in Nashville in 1965 and was one of only seven tracks he worked on with Anita Kerr and her singers. The best known version of the song is by Frank Sinatra. He had previously worked with Mercer on a number of songs, including ""One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"" and Nancy Sinatra would later recall"
"Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include ""The Way You Look Tonight"" (1936), ""A Fine Romance"" (1936), ""On the Sunny Side of the Street"" (1930), ""Don't Blame Me"" (1948), ""Pick Yourself Up"" (1936), ""I'm in the Mood for Love"" (1935) and ""You Couldn't Be Cuter"" (1938). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse,"